Carrie Fisher was 'crying' when she saw 'The Force Awakens'

Finn (John Boyega) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) run for their lives in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."(Photo: Lucasfilm)

The reviews of Star Wars: The Force Awakens are in ... from the Star Wars cast members.

While the rest of us wait patiently until Dec. 18 to see the latest adventure in the galaxy far, far away, director J.J. Abrams has screened it for some of his major players. Harrison Ford and John Boyega both told us they saw it: Boyega liked it and expects to see it many more times once it comes out in his native London, and Ford reports that it's "a big movie."

Daisy Ridley recalls watching it with fellow newcomer Adam Driver and one of the original trilogy's icons, Carrie Fisher:

"There were a couple of times I looked at Adam like, 'EEEEEE!’ and then obviously it was nice because I was laughing at bits. I think I’d much prefer to watch it together because you get a sense of how other people are feeling as well, and that’s exciting. But we all went downstairs and we didn’t really talk about it. We sat around and I had some pie because it was the day after Thanksgiving and pretended like we hadn’t just seen it."

Carrie Fisher has seen "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" — and she digs it!(Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)

Fisher has her own memories:

"I was crying … at my face. But the movie’s really good! (Laughs) It was fun to sit between the two new kids on the space block. And everyone’s really good in the film."

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It's time to return to a galaxy far, far away. With 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' hitting theaters Dec. 18, USA TODAY's Kelly Lawler takes a look at some of the images from the movie that will see the return of Luke, Leia and Han, along with a new generation of the Force. That new generation is being led by Rey (newcomer Daisy Ridley) and Finn (John Boyega), shown in a scene from the film with new droid BB-8. David James, Lucasfilm